Sousou no Frieren (Frieren: Beyond Journey's End)

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Synonyms: Frieren at the Funeral

Japanese: 葬送のフリーレン

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Type: TV

Episodes: 28

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Sep 29, 2023 to Mar 22, 2024

Premiered: Fall 2023

Broadcast: Fridays at 23:00 (JST)

Producers: Aniplex, Dentsu, Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions, Nippon Television Network, TOHO animation, Shogakukan

Licensors: None found, add some

Studios: Madhouse

Source: Manga

Genres: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Demographic: Shounen

Duration: 24 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 9.37¹ (scored by 394,024 users)

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Ranked: #1²

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Popularity: #269

Members: 733,597

Favorites: 41,290

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Ranked #1Popularity #269Members 733,597

Episodes: /28

Synopsis

During their decade-long quest to defeat the Demon King, the members of the hero's party—Himmel himself, the priest Heiter, the dwarf warrior Eisen, and the elven mage Frieren—forge bonds through adventures and battles, creating unforgettable precious memories for most of them.

However, the time that Frieren spends with her comrades is equivalent to merely a fraction of her life, which has lasted over a thousand years. When the party disbands after their victory, Frieren casually returns to her "usual" routine of collecting spells across the continent. Due to her different sense of time, she seemingly holds no strong feelings toward the experiences she went through.

As the years pass, Frieren gradually realizes how her days in the hero's party truly impacted her. Witnessing the deaths of two of her former companions, Frieren begins to regret having taken their presence for granted; she vows to better understand humans and create real personal connections. Although the story of that once memorable journey has long ended, a new tale is about to begin.

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Sousou no Frieren was released on Blu-ray and DVD in seven volumes from January 24, 2024, to July 17, 2024.

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Related Anime

Adaptation:	Sousou no Frieren
Other:	Yuusha, Haru (2024)
Side story:	Sousou no Frieren: ●● no Mahou

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Characters & Voice Actors

Frieren

Main

Tanezaki, Atsumi
Japanese

Fern

Main

Ichinose, Kana
Japanese

Stark

Main

Kobayashi, Chiaki
Japanese

Himmel

Supporting

Okamoto, Nobuhiko
Japanese

Methode

Supporting

Ueda, Reina
Japanese

Übel

Supporting

Hasegawa, Ikumi
Japanese

Flamme

Supporting

Tanaka, Atsuko
Japanese

Eisen

Supporting

Ueda, Youji
Japanese

Heiter

Supporting

Touchi, Hiroki
Japanese

Sein

Supporting

Nakamura, Yuuichi
Japanese

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Fukushi, Yuuichirou

Producer

Taguchi, Shouichirou

Producer

Aoki, Haruka

Producer

Itou, Yuukou

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Opening Theme

	1: "Yuusha (勇者)" by YOASOBI (eps 1-16)
	2: "Haru (晴る)" by Yorushika (ヨルシカ) (eps 17-28)

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Ending Theme

	1: "Anytime Anywhere" by milet (eps 1-14,16-28)
	S1: "bliss" by milet (eps Special Broadcast: 1-4)

Reviews

May 15, 2024

sosmeos

Recommended

I don't know if it's because my experience with fantasy anime is rather limited or if it's because I'm not seeking the high intensity anime bullshit that once enticed a younger me, but this to me is one of my favorite anime, maybe within the top 3. A better reviewer would deep dive into the individual aspects of how to arrive at that score, and to be honest I would give it an 8 objectively since some animation, designs, worldbuilding, and music is a tad less than perfect but my focus is not on any of those realms. Instead my great enjoyment of this anime ... (and subsequent 10 score) stems from the story and the feeling of comfort I experienced as I watched it. When I read manga or read anime, the flashback to explain a powerup or important lesson or meaningful moment is a classic staple and Frieren had some of the best explorations of this trope, particularly why Frieren's favorite spell is how to create a field of flowers, it's a large connection to two of the most important people in her life in different moments across her timeline. Flashbacks are interspersed to give important background to various characters and seeing how it all interconnects in the end of the arc or episode is so satisfying. The travelling group encountering challenges on the daily and solving them in real time without quick need to advance is also fulfilling because sometimes you just gotta take things slow. At some point in the past I might have agreed with Fern's early reluctance to take things slow, as if the world was ending if I didn't get to the next step in the journey. But I think Frieren's stop and smell the roses approach is a tactic I'm learning to appreciate in my own life. Even though there is a large cast of characters coming in and out, the tender care the author/story provides in order to reveal their importance to the story is a good tactic in letting me enjoy the ride. The arcs we were given had a decent variety, sometimes solo growth arcs, sometimes flashback arcs, sometimes just chilling and getting through life arcs (Fern sick, Stark as prince) the tournament/exam arc of the end was a great pivot point to have people continue reading the manga onwards. The slow reveals in piecemeal tidbits of lore and the world I love, I've seen people say good or bad worldbuilding but I don't think there's an emphasis on the world because I agree it's underdeveloped but it's not something that would detract from the series since it's so character and storydriven. A deep world dive is not what we need to understand this land that Frieren inhabits, in fact, the majority of Frieren's existence has been her just living through things and not paying them any mind until she notices the finality of Himmel's death. I enjoyed watching a longlife being growing to understand the shortlived experience, to know and learn emotions of another species, to watch her and her friends just exist. It may reveal that I enjoy slice of life vibes, and to mix slice of life with fantasy, it was a treat.

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May 7, 2024

pastabase

Mixed Feelings

I kind of understand the excitement because it is very different to most anime, but generally i couldn't bring myself to care about any character, Frieren and Fern don’t really have much personality and Stark is different to them but isn’t very interesting either. I liked Serie the most and Übel kinda, especially the b plot with the clone guy. The first episodes were very good and made me emotional, but the rest of the show seemed to lean too much on the same emotional factor by showing flashbacks, I got extremely tired of Himmel specially and it almost erased any emotion I had felt ...

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May 12, 2024

GentlePro

Not Recommended

Funny

If you don't understand the complex characters that elves are, then don't write a story about an elf protagonist.

People,
There's a reason why elves are portrayed as cold creatures devoid of emotions and empathy, it's because they've been around for hundreds to thousands of years. So while humans are slaves to their emotions which often compromises their decision making, elves on the other hand have lived for so long and have so much experience that they are able to see the bigger picture and remain objective no matter how seemingly cruel the situation requires them to be. Think of Avallac'h in the Witcher 3 for instance.

Frieren ... is a THOUSAND YEAR OLD ELF (estimates have her at around 1400-1500 years). Just to put things into perspective that's the equivalent of 14 full human lives at the very least. Think about how much you managed to do in the past 10 years of your life, now multiply that by 100 and maybe you start comprehending the scale we're talking about here. She's not a teenage girl who has just left her parents' house and is starting to discover the world around her for the first time. And yet that's precisely what the author wants you to believe. It's as though Frieren's time with Flamme, her decade-long adventure with the hero's party as well as the thousand years in between were all absolutely insignificant. During that time she gained no wisdom, learned nothing about humans, felt no emotions and didn't care about anyone or anything except for learning about magic. But when the anime starts, she does in the space of A FEW MONTHS what she failed to do throughout all her life! Can people really not see how utterly absurd this is?

Himmel on the other hand is a teenager but somehow he's wiser than the wisest elf. He knows exactly what to say especially to Frieren, he can do no wrong and does exactly what he's supposed to do every...single...time. Of course Frieren never noticed any of that during the decade they spent together, nor the fifty years afterwards, that would've made too much sense. Instead she noticed only after he died because that's when the anime begins of course, and set out on a journey to revisit all the places the party visited during their quest to defeat the Demon king. Hence the title.

The premise looked very promising at first, and the first few episodes were enjoyable. Sadly, what followed was a repetition of the same formula over and over again AD NAUSEAM: we visit a location, flashback to when the hero's party visited that same location, Himmel displays his all-knowing wisdom, Heiter is drunk, Fern pouts, Stark tries to cheer her up, and Frieren discovers something so basic about life that we wonder what she was doing the first 1500 years of her life.

Visuals are pretty good, animations are fine, and the sound track is forgettable. But if you think that such an anime is anywhere near worthy of being hailed as the best anime of all time then I have lost faith in this community. I can overlook the plot holes and the inconsistencies which I haven't even bothered addressing because, well, there's a much more serious issue at hand. The author doesn't understand basic concepts on which their whole story was based, and instead of being reprimanded they have been rewarded.

Do better guys, much better.

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